UCLA staffer passed Farrah Fawcett’s medical records to National Enquirer?

Months before the UCLA Medical Center scandal that saw staffers fired for snooping in the medical records of Britney Spears, Farrah Fawcett stayed in the same hospital. Now as it turns out a hospital employee reportedly had surreptitiously gone through records of Farrah Fawcett’s cancer treatments there.

Fawcett’s lawyers expressed concern that her med information was subsequently leaked or sold to tabloids. According to an LA Times report, a UCLA Med Center staffer was dismissed for illegally accessing Farah Fawcett’s medical records.

Shortly after UCLA doctors told Fawcett that her cancer had returned the National Enquirer posted the news on its website. Unfortunately it was before Fawcett even had a chance to tell close family and friends!!!

Also, Fawcett’s prior treatments made headlines in the Enquirer and its sister publication, the Globe, within days of Fawcett’s treatments at the UCLA hospital.

Kim Swartz, One of Fawcett’s lawyers, said his client is reluctant to sue over the leaked information, but added, “This is such an ugly situation.”

Swartz continued: “This has been very hard for her.  Not knowing who has her personal information has taken an incredible toll on her and her fight with cancer.”

Fawcett for obvious reasons no longer receives her cancer care at UCLA. Her treatment is now managed by physicians in Germany. She receives follow-up treatment and tests at a different Los Angeles facility and is hopeful for a full recovery.

“She is cautiously optimistic,” Nevius said. “Farrah has learned the hard way that with cancer, the test is time. At the moment she has no detectable cancer.”